Wake-Up View – Nelson

We woke up to this view of Tasman Bay from our apartment window

atop a hill in Nelson, New Zealand. My camera lens was flush

against the window to avoid glass reflections. Thanks for your

opinions and comments. Larry

This is a great view of the very-early morning.  I especially like the light and clouds, and the sky is nicely balanced with the land/water.  Sometimes these shots get too bright and it ends up looking like mid-morning, but your exposure is perfect.

Super morning light - very well captured! It really is a very beautiful country.

Hi Larry. Nelson is a wonderful place. You have caught the way houses nest among trees on hillsides in so many of NZ's cities. (Not mine - it's flat!) I have to say that although the light is good the colour doesn't seem quite to my eyes. Too much aqua perhaps? Regards, Adrienne

Stephen,  

Thanks for your comment and compliment on this image.  It is one of my wife's favorite because of the colors.  Your take on the exposure and sky is most helpful.

Pat,  

Thanks, Pat.  Yes NZ is an amazingly beautiful country and the people are among the nicest one could find anywhere.  

Adrienne,  

If the cliff we climbed to occupy our abode for the night is typical, it must speak to some driving expertise.  Climbing the near straight up hill and turning the sharpest imaginable left to get into the driveway was an adventure in itself and took several moves.  There must be a good market for car maintenance and brake work.  I don't see the aqua effect you mention.

 

Larry, aqua probably wasn't the right colour to pick on. And I don't have a good memory for colours so you know best, as you were there. But I do recognize the colours of NZ when I see images and TV footage - instantly. I guess I just wasn't up at this time often enough. Cheers Adrienne.

Adrienne,  Remember Shakespeare, "a rose of any color smells as sweet".  It's something like that.  So, appreciate our connection whatever color that might be in question.  Keep your comments coming and your presence online with me.   Larry

larry, so enjoying your images of new zealand,  this one looks as if taken just above rocks road.  earlier this year after a large amount of rain,  there was severe erosion in this area and lots of damage including 28 homes being declared not safe for habitation.  nelson we consider our home town even if it is a two hour drive.  we live across from durvile island in the sounds,  it's tucked away behind the far right here and on clear day you can see it.  your image of early morning at, cape foulwind also brings back memories.  i used to be a tuna fisherman and would land my catch just up the road at westport.  one time coming into port during nasty weather a 70 ft boat in front of ours had engine problems and we watched it smash to pieces right below where you were staying,  luckily no life's were lost.  there are only three places you can come to hide from bad weather along the entire west coast of the south island.  westport,  graymouth, and cape jackson.  there are not many years that life's are not lost at either the westport or graymouth bars.  have spent many a night sitting on a sea anchor far out to sea,  because the bar conditions were to dangerous to try crossing.  there's a guy in graymouth who follows the weather,  and every time its stormy from the west he grabs his camera and goes to the heads and takes pictures of the tuna fleet trying to get over the bar.  bar is so narrow, only one boat at a time can make the crossing.  there's a break off point of when you should not make the attempt,  but the bar is quite close to city center,  and sitting on your boat you can actually see the pub most frequented by the fisherman and the temptations are to strong for some and they try a crossing when they shouldn't.  there is also the possibility that you arrive from 10 days at sea with a hold full of fish. after ten days on ice those fish have to be processed if they're not they go bad and are worthless.  so if you have 10 or 20 thousand dollars worth of fish on board,  sometimes even much more.  it can make you think not quite so clearly.  there's a picture in a graymouth pub of my boat having a wave pass right over the entire boat.  i tell ya it's a scary thing when all you see looking out your windows is green water.  i talk too much!